SQUATS2x10x1502x10x2403x5x330 added belt5x420 added knee wraps5x5104x600 felt a pop on 3rd rep (upper back) every one heard 2 pops on 4th rep (lower back and tail bone) decided not to do 5th rep and ended there for tonight. SI Joint is sore right now. icing it and will apply dmso before bed, will see chiro tomorrow.

went to Chiro today due to last nights lower back poping and soreness, he said my sacrum twisted to the right, L5 twisted to the left. So they pretty much "jack knifed" while I was squatting last night. some soft tissue swelling & pain for now but he said nothing to worry about. by mid way through bench the lower back warmed up and didn't cause any problems while lifting.

I did SSB squats Shannon did regular bb squats. The SSB squats i did is an handle that snaps onto a regular squat bar - all squats walked out (sucks)

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shannon said she doesn't want to do smith machine squats anymore because they hurt her knees. she also doesn't want to do leg ext or leg curl anymore because they hurt her knees.... oh yeah and she hates squats. I told her she can skip the rest but she MUST SQUAT.

I spent the rest of the time helping a guy with his squat form & technique, showed him how I wrap knees, suggested new knee wraps (titan thp's) and suggested if he really wanted to work on his squat to get some knew shoes so I suggested Ricky Dale Crain squat shoes.

Did alot of singles/doubles with lite weight today just seeing how the lowerback felt. It took alot of sets just to warmup but after awhile the lowerback did feel better. I came home and after my shower put DMSO on my sore lower back.

About 2 1/2 months ago I hurt my SI Joint & L5 while squatting. I've been working with my chiro and training around the issue as much as possible. 2wks ago I strained my right hamstring and knee. Probably compensating for the lower back & tailbone pain. Plus, I knew I was dehydrated and had started drinking 1gallon of gatorade every day plus whatever sweet tea I had with supper. Well, that swelled me up from 285 to 300lbs quick. So I cut out on my staple of fastfood for lunch and replaced it with a 100g protein shake I'd split into 2 servings.

Well, rehab and training and diet have been going good. I weighed 292 when I got home from work. Tonight I squatted to test the back/tailbone/knee/hammy. The one drawback about the shake for lunch is that is has resulted in explosive bowel movements. Also ya think ya gotta fart but realize - "OH NO... it's a shizzle".

So there I was tonight squatting 605 for a conservative double and all I kept thinking about was; "Hope I don't blow my back out.... or knee out..... or hamstring out..... oh GOD don't let me skeet myself, I didn't bring my ziplock!

My ziplock is what I bring to every MEET. It is a 1gallon ziplock with a pair of socks, underwear, t-shirt & spare singlet.... just in case I experience "anal leakage".

I hope all of these issues are resolved before the MEET so I can squat with confidence.

Shannon went pretty heavy in the deadlift today; I kept it lite casue i didn't want to tweak my back... the plan is squat somewhere around 700+800 on tuesday. this workout was early this morning and my back feels great. I will go to the chiro again on tuesday before I go squat.